Winter Storm Watches in Oregon
483 winter storm watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 483
- Busiest year
- 200844 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 22over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Josephine County99
- Douglas County98
- Jackson County95
- Klamath County93
- Umatilla County89
- Union County87
- Wallowa County85
- Wasco County80
- Deschutes County74
- Jefferson County74
- Gilliam County68
- Wheeler County66
- Baker County62
- Grant County61
- Morrow County61
- Lake County51
- Curry County49
- Crook County44
- Sherman County37
- Malheur County34
- Coos County32
- Harney County30
- Clackamas County11
- Lane County11
- Linn County11
- Marion County11
- Hood River County10
- Multnomah County10
- Clatsop County2
- Columbia County2
- Tillamook County2
- Washington County2
- Yamhill County2
- Benton County1
- Lincoln County1
- Polk County1
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 10:18 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Deschutes, Jefferson, Wasco | 13 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:59 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Klamath | 22 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:32 PM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | Clackamas, Hood River, Lane, Linn, Marion, Multnomah | 22 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:09 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 25 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:21 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | Clackamas, Hood River, Lane, Linn, Marion, Multnomah | 25 hr |
| Mar 30, 8:27 AM PDT | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Deschutes, Jefferson, Wasco | 25 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:08 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Curry, Josephine | 22 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:00 AM PST | Winter Storm Watch | MFR | Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath | 12 hr |
| Jan 4, 12:56 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PDT | Deschutes, Jefferson, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco | 14 hr |
| Jan 4, 12:29 PM PST | Winter Storm Watch | PQR | Clackamas, Hood River, Lane, Linn, Marion, Multnomah | 13 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.